Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 3, 2018 17:17:17 GMT 12
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GOING TO TREATY OF WAITANGI NEGOTIATORS AND LAWYERS
Winston Peters has called it a gravy train, others the necessary cost of settling Treaty of Waitangi claims.
Either way, the amount of money the Government pays negotiators and lawyers involved in Treaty settlement negotiations continues to climb, now sitting at $26.6m since the 2006-07 financial year. When payments to Crown lawyers are included, the figure balloons to $68m.
The Office of Treaty Settlements (OTS) released 11 years of data to Stuff under the Official Information Act, providing one of the most comprehensive looks yet at the amount of money being made by experts connected to the Treaty process.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/103443983/tens-of-millions-of-dollars-is-going-to-treaty-of-waitangi-negotiators-and-lawyers
PM SAYS HAURAKI SETTLEMENT AN “ISSUE BETWEEN IWI”
Progress. That is what the government is focussed on when it comes to the Pare Hauraki Treaty settlement, according to the PM.
During the 10 minute interview the PM was asked whether or not the Pare Hauraki settlement is a ‘repeat of the Foreshore and Seabed’ as many opposing the settlement have claimed.
She refutes those claims saying, “No, no.”
“This is an issue between iwi, unlike the Foreshore and Seabed where the government really was at the centre of that issue,” she said.
“We were the ones guiding the decision making there... We have a role to play in trying to mediate our way through and ultimately seek settlement.”....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/national/pm-says-hauraki-settlement-issue-between-iwi
Winston Peters has called it a gravy train, others the necessary cost of settling Treaty of Waitangi claims.
Either way, the amount of money the Government pays negotiators and lawyers involved in Treaty settlement negotiations continues to climb, now sitting at $26.6m since the 2006-07 financial year. When payments to Crown lawyers are included, the figure balloons to $68m.
The Office of Treaty Settlements (OTS) released 11 years of data to Stuff under the Official Information Act, providing one of the most comprehensive looks yet at the amount of money being made by experts connected to the Treaty process.......
www.stuff.co.nz/national/103443983/tens-of-millions-of-dollars-is-going-to-treaty-of-waitangi-negotiators-and-lawyers
PM SAYS HAURAKI SETTLEMENT AN “ISSUE BETWEEN IWI”
Progress. That is what the government is focussed on when it comes to the Pare Hauraki Treaty settlement, according to the PM.
During the 10 minute interview the PM was asked whether or not the Pare Hauraki settlement is a ‘repeat of the Foreshore and Seabed’ as many opposing the settlement have claimed.
She refutes those claims saying, “No, no.”
“This is an issue between iwi, unlike the Foreshore and Seabed where the government really was at the centre of that issue,” she said.
“We were the ones guiding the decision making there... We have a role to play in trying to mediate our way through and ultimately seek settlement.”....
www.maoritelevision.com/news/national/pm-says-hauraki-settlement-issue-between-iwi